Chemo care ! Top Tips:-

Welcome to the catch Mrs HP hope your chemotherapy is going as well as can be hoped for !

Take care. 

Court 

Thanks Mrs HP and welcome to the chat - please feel free to add anything you come across that has been helpful? Hope you’re coping ok - you’re on the downhill run to the finishing line now

Take care

Karen x

I'd never heard of first bite syndrome.  

It happened to me on my 2nd Biscuit once home. Really sharp pain for a few seconds 

Yes Daisyandcarol it’s a funny one isn’t it and takes you by surprise although I only ever got it for the first couple of days. They often don’t mention it as a side effect which is why reading things like this can be reassuring that it’s normal.

Hope your chemo is going ok

Take care

Karen x

Kareno62. It was my first oxaliplatin today so it was very reassuring to read it happens x

Can I ask why you shouldnt touch the pills?

https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-in-general/treatment/chemotherapy/how-you-have/tablets-capsules

I think it’s to do with the toxic nature of the tablets . Then you may touch someone else or another part of your body . All chemicals I guess !

Although saying that my mum handled them for two years and I don’t think we knew this piece of information back then !

Take care ,

Court 

1. Thanks for the message karen062 it's helped alot especially the top tips thankyou

Hi looked at the link is it normal have loose bowels don't feel sick just feel so tired has well is that normal  having my second next Friday thank you

Iv never had that it was my first oxaliplatin last week the side effects iv had is loose bowels and my food doesn't taste the same I fancy sweet things and fruit but makes dioreah worse with me